Oar-lock



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PATENTED FEB. 2, 1904.

A. D. COLLINS.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ARCH DANIEL COLLINS, OF LAWTON, VIRGINIA.

OAR-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,812, dated February 2, 1904.

Application filed November 10, 1903. Serial No.180,606. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anon DANIEL COLLINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawton, in the county of Giles and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Locks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in oar-locks for boats; and the object of the invention is to produce an attachment to the gunwale of boats which may be easily applied thereto and removed and afiord means for holding the oar securely in place.

The invention consists in various details of construction, combinations, and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings like letters of reference indicate like parts in the views, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improved oar-lock shown as applied to the side of the boat, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the oar-lock.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the side of the boat, and B a bracket member having right-angled ends B, which are apertured at b.

C designates bolts which are passed through apertures in the bracket member B and held to the inner face of the boat by means of nuts O.

D designates an oar-lock having a shank portion D, which terminates at its upper end in ashoulder (Z, adapted to rest upon the upper angled arm of the bracket. Said shank portion D passes through registering apertures in the arms of the bracket member, and a key E passes through an aperture in the lower end of said shank portion for the purpose of holding the oar-lock in place in its bearings in said bracket-arm. In order to hold the oar in the oar-lock, a pin K is passed through the arms thereof and also through the oar.

By the construction of an oar-lock embodying the features shown in my invention it will be observed that the same may be easily and quickly applied to any boat, and means is provided for securely holding the oar upon the bracket-arm and allowing the same to be readily removed, if desired.

WVhile I have shown a particular construction of oar-lock embodying the features of my invention, it will be understood that I may make alterations in the detailed construction of the same, if desired, without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An oar-lock apparatus comprising a bracket member having right-angled ends which are apertured, the body portion of said member adapted for attachment to the side of a boat, an oar-lock having a contracted shank portion journaled in apertures in the ends of said bracket member, and a shouldered portion at the upper end of the contracted shank of the oar-lock resting upon one of the arms of said bracket member, and a key for holding the oar-lock to the bracket member, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARCH DANIEL COLLINS.

WVitnesses:

BERNARD MASON, M. P. FARRIER. 

